bypass
or by-pass
[ bahy-pas, -pahs ]
/ ˈbaɪˌpæs, -ˌpɑs /
noun
a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
a secondary pipe or other channel connected with a main passage, as for conducting a liquid or gas around a fixture, pipe, or appliance.
Electricity.
shunt(def 9).
a surgical procedure in which a diseased or obstructed hollow organ is temporarily or permanently circumvented.
Compare coronary bypass, gastric bypass, heart-lung machine, intestinal bypass.
verb (used with object), by·passed or (Rare) by·past; by·passed or by·past; by·pass·ing.
OTHER WORDS FROM bypass
by·pass·er, by-pass·er, nounWords nearby bypass
byliner,
byng,
byo,
byob,
byod,
bypass,
bypass capacitor,
bypass engine,
bypass ratio,
bypast,
bypath
British Dictionary definitions for by-passers
bypass
/ (ˈbaɪˌpɑːs) /
noun
verb -passes, -passing, -passed or -past (tr)
Medical definitions for by-passers
bypass
[ bī′păs′ ]
n.
A passage created surgically to divert the flow of blood or other bodily fluid or to circumvent an obstructed or diseased organ.
A surgical procedure to create such a channel.
Scientific definitions for by-passers
bypass
[ bī′păs′ ]
A passage created surgically to divert the flow of blood or other bodily fluid or to circumvent an obstructed or diseased organ.